Licensing and revalidation
Our proposals for the periodic revalidation of doctors' registration date back to 1998. The recent report by Sir Liam Donaldson, Good doctors, Safer patients, and - now - the White Paper, Trust, Assurance and Safety - The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century (published on 21 February 2007), reaffirm the Government's commitment to the introduction of a system of revalidation.
We have welcomed the White Paper and the way forward it offers for revalidation. Proposals include the setting up of a national steering group on revalidation, and we look forward to contributing to the work that will be required.
You can view the White Paper and our response.
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